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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT has been con.
firmed by the Senate by vote OF 81 to -.
COLONEL GLIDER the North Pole seeker,
has returned to Winnipeg on temporary
business. He says he has not given up his
project.
GENERAL ]. J. FINLEY, of Ocala, Fla,
has been appointed by Governor Perry
United States Senator, TO succeed Hon.
Charles W. Jones, whose term has expired.
s. N. ALDRICH has been confirmed Assist
tant Treasurer of the United States at Bos-
ton.
JUDGE RUFUS BLopGETT, Democrat has
been chosen Senator for New Jersey. The
final ballot stood; Blodgett, AZ; Albeit, IS;
E. f. Potter. l.
GENERAL BoULANGER has decreed that in
future no officer in the army shall be al
lowed to have in his service any foreigner
of either sex. The decree is due to the fact
that the governess of General Davoust's
children has been discovered to be the wife
of a Prussian officer quartered at Neuf
Bresach.
THE German Reichstag met on the Sd.
ROBERT G. INGERsoLL is reported recov.
ering from his throat trouble. 1t was
thought at one time it would prove fatal.
THE resolution to submit to the people a
constitutional amendments providing for
womans suffrage was concurred in by the
Rhode Island House by vote of 50 to7.
GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, has re-
moved General Shaler from his position as
president of the Board of Health. The in
dictments against Shaler, charging him
with corruption were dismissed.
FATHER BECKx, General of the Jesuits, is
dead.
HERR WEDDELL PREsDoRF was elected
President of the German Reicnstag. He
received lS4 votes; two ballots were cast
for DR.. Windthorst and ninety-nine were
cast blank. .f.... ....t.... ...I
A REPORT emanating from Paris was re-
Gently current to the effect that the Gar
had given notice of his withdrawal from
the alliance of the three Emperors, resum
ing freedom Of action. The rumor was not
believed in diplomatic circles in Berlin and
Vienna. .. f.. -t
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

REV. P. M. DONoHUE, a young Catho-
lie priest at Arcola, ILL.,. who has charge
of the churches of that denomination
both at Arcola and Tuscola, H., has
been created by General Boulanger,
the French Minister of War, Leuten-
ant in the French army, for services
rendered. The reverend father speaks
both the French and Italian languages
huently, andis something of ascientist.
He is reticent as to what prompted the
appointment, but it is believed that it
was for valuable improvements in the
use of dynamite and dynamite shells
for war purposes; also for shield to be
carried by each soldier, to be used to
fire from behind while lying on the
ground in time of battle. He has not
yet decided to accept.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

THERE was an important change
made in the River and Harbor bill in
the matter of the Hennepin canal by
the Conference Committee. The pro-
viso was stricken out. That proviso
prevented the expenditure of any
money until the State of Illinois should
cede to the United States its interest in
the locks and dams in the Illinois river
and that portion of the Illinois and Mich
igan canal which lies between Lake
Joliet and Chicago. The provision as
it stands, after describing the work, is
this: "And for the purpose of making
said surveys and locating said canals
and feeder in addition to any unex-
pended balance which may remain of
the amount appropriated in the River
and Harbor act, approved August Is.
1886. for defraying the expenses of the
board of engineers therein authorized
and directed to report upon the acquisi-
ton and improvement of the Illinois
and Michigan canal and the eonstruc-
ton of the Hennepin canal, which may
be used for that purpose, the further
sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may hsneosssaSS is
hereby appropriated
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
BROOKHAVEN, MISS, THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1887 NJ
PITH ANr POINT.

81 do not desire yeal.h for i'salf."
remarked the philosopher. NJ re-
pl ed the cynic. "a suppose you desire
it for Yourself '-Tbt Judge.
-"Sav. do you Think it's true that
red-headod girls are quick-tempere p
"Um-ah-suppOs y"u ask one Of them
about it. ."-Pat5Lurgt Dis,d'ch.
A pair of strong, biz lungs will
often win a reputation for statesman
ship in spite of serio Is cerebral def-
ciencies. - Washington E,pub'icln.
People who are always in high
spirits soon wear out. says physician.
1t may be, but Poop p who are always
1ow-spirited wear oth,r people out
YonkerS Statesman.
-Whoy!-"Whose pigs are those.
my lad?' "Whoy, they belong to that
there big sow" No mean who is
their master?" "Whoy." again an
swered the lad, that little un; he's
rare un to fight
1t is professed that persons char
acters can be read by the lines in their
hands. This is often true, for you can
tell a horseman by the lines in his
hands and an industrious girl by her
s-line.-Phiiadciphtd Herald.
"A scientific journal tells "How to
Preserve Stove-Pipe." We should think
preserved stove-pipe would be hollow
mockery. 1t must require a large
amount of sugar and much boiling to
make them palatable. -NorristoWa
Herald.
"A very old lady OH her death bed,
in a penitential mood. said: 81 have
been great sinner more than eighty
years, and didn't know it.. An old
darkey woman who had lived with her
long time exclaimed: Laws! knowed
it all the time. "-Chjcago Standard
ii see," said Brown, that they
now say that beef tea is worthless as
an article of food. But. for all that, it
was the only thing tl.at saved my life
when I had the fever" Fogg-Yes;
but how does that prove that beef tea
is not worthless?-Bos,on Transcript
-HomeTike. Gripper
/ bye. Shall we sec you at the Sorosis
tonight Mrs. Whipper-I hardly
think so. Mr.. Whipper's club has just
failed, and until he, joins another we
are going to impr we the opp Drtu1ity
to get acquainted with each other
It'd Bits.
A New York musician has been
awarded one thousand dollars damages
against railroad comp my for the
loss Of his first finger VIII ch prevents
his playing d ffiault pieces on the
piano. HIS neighbors are rejoicing
that the company could not res tore
his finger. ;st9JCa Hera'd
Advice is like castor ile-easy
enough to Civ, bat Dire If IL une sy tew
take. Ap ,p?y p'az with every pup
he meets. b 1t oil dogs have but few
associates. If you want tew git at the
circumference of m N. examine him
among folks; but if you want tew git
at his akt lal diane er. meazure him at
hiz fireside. l don't care how much
people talk. if thu will only say it in a
pheu words.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
STAND NC ADvIRr.sE.ENr s.
GROUND-HOo DAY.
a weather Superstition which Prevails
AmonK Many Natlnn..

A weather Superstition which PrevaIls
Among Many Nations.
The 2I Of February, known in the
church calendar "a the feast of the
"Purfication of the Virgin" under the
popular name of Candiemas Day, was
favor.te holiday in medisyal times, and
is one of ths d ,ys which were taken by
the Christian Church directly from the
heather Romans. February 2 was the
last day of the year according to Old
calendars. and received its name from
a Lttin word s;gaifying an expiatOry
sacrifice. II was on this day that all
the offenses Of the year were eXpiated
through penance and sIcr flee and all
accounts with the gods squared up. The
second day of the month the ce emOnies
were opened by procession with
torches in honor of the duties and sac
rifces offered in the temple. The pop
ular name for the day is derived from
the candles then distributed, carried in
the procession and burned in the church.
In former times these candles were in
great numbers, and after they had been
blessed by the priest were given to the
people, who believed they had the
effect of keeping the devil and other
evil spirits away from them. The cere-
mony of blessing the candles was one
of the first things protested against at
the time of the reformation, both on
the Continent and in England, and in
1547 the bearing of candles in London
was left off by royal order.
Besides the candle-burning supersti.
ton, this day has been from the time OF
the early Romans the great ominOus
weather prophesying day of the year,
and has shared with st. Paul's day, the
25th of January, the honor of prognos-
ticating not only the weather but the
events, commercial and otherwise. of
the year. A fine candlemas portends
severe winter, and in Scotland this be-
lief is expressed in this little rhyme:
IF candlemas be fair and clear
There Il be two winters in the year"
The French have a rhyme of similar
import and so have the Germans, and
it is quite impossible to say in what
country the groun hog or some of his
kind is not performing, 50. generally
is the old saying about b IN known ald
believed. Every body ka2ws his pro-
gramme on this dty-low he wlkes up
and comes out of his winter bed and
looks around. If he can not see his
shadow he stays out, knowing taat his
winters sleep is over, but if he see it
Greens blck into the hole for another
six weeks sleep. In Germ my it is the
badger, in France the m arm It. in En- =
land the hedgehog, AMI in tn coul-
try the ground-hog. In Scandinavian
fable it wis always bear with the sun
shining into his den. He then turns
over. for he kno vs his winter is only
half done.-D ,rJl Ir b me.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
TOM8S OF ROYALTY.
A Visit to the Burial Vaults Of the Ca
puchin hurch at Vienna.


In the wants of Capuchin Church,
Vienna, which are watch d by the
barefoot monks of the convent close
by, lie the rema rs of deceased En-
perors and Archdukes-am mol Y crowd
of metal collins, lar re and small, round
which burn tall wax candles. throwing
their reddish light upon tie large
wreaths that the imperial family places
there the day before All Souls. In
the center, writes Vienna CORE
spondent, is consp' cuous the sarcopha
gus, with its many silver figures,
raised by Joseph H. over the remains
of his mother, Maria Th 'resa. At the
foot of the sarcopha%us stan Is an iron
coffin, the simple in tha whole vault,
wherein lies Joseph himself, and the
ribbons of a wreath that, faded long
ago, in the dim gold embroidery re-
peat what he said many times before
his death: Il have got SO far that l
love nothing on ear.h except my moth
er and the state" One of the best
best places in the vault was re-
served by the Emperor wish for the
coffin of Maximilian of Mexico, by the
side of which the Emperor often spends
many hours. The only inmate of this
vault not of royal blood is certain
Mime. Wolf. governess to the children
of Maria Theresa. who wished her
remains to be placed here, saying: IF
the Violin was good enough to keep us
company during life she shall not be
set apart from US after death" On the
day before All Souls two special mes
sengers left Vienna for Bavaria, bear
ing with them two of the finest wreaths
ever formed by human hands. The
first wreath, of laurels and roses. was
sent by the Emperor with orders that
it should be deposited in the vault of
St. Michaers church upon the tomb of
King Louis of Bavaria The second
was sent to the Starnberg Lake, where
in the dusk hours of All Souls Day the
messenger rowed to the spot where the
King was found drowned, and dropped
the wreath of jasmine and ferns,
fastened by q white dove with wings
outspread. into the water. This was
sent by special order Of the Empress
Interior. A ...E .-.f - H. ufl
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

A DISPATCH from Washington,
dated March 8, says: "At the capitol
to-day the corridors were blockaded
with heaps of documents and piles OF
white pine boxes bearing the names and
addresses of members, all character.
istic of the going out of Congress,
These boxes look not unlike the coffin
boxes piled up, one above another, in
an undertaken shop. Members are
packing up their books and papers,
and those who will not return are
preparing to bid last farewell. These
boxes carry away many disappointed
hopes to their last resting place. Many
pet schemes are thus given only a de-
cent Congressional burial in these
official boxes. Many members will
carry home thus all the fame two year,
of Congress has brought them"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
SPOlLING A GHO ST.
How q PIuckv PeddIer Friehtened' Tw'
"Supernaturai Nisitan.s.


"Supernaturai Nisitau-s.'
Many ghost story wou.d. have met
with an untimely eld, had a man oi
spirit arisen to hunt down the su. Ct.
natural visitants. Some year, Il o,
little town in Iowa became e eatly ex.
cited over a succession of strange sights
and noises. which had ocCl rreu in
Horse-thief Grove, where two criminals
had once been bur. ed. The re 'Orts ran
that at twelve o'clock every Fri"ay
night blue and white lights wcie seen
to rise from the graves and disappear
in the branches of the trees above.
An enterprising peddler. spending 8
night in the town, determined to IN
vestigate the ghostly pheu' meua, and
having provided himself with pistol,
slipped down to tie grove. An eager
and expectant crowd stood on hall al
a convenient distance, waiting to see
the lights, and, says the invest gator, !
made up my mind to give them an after
piece that night. as | lay snugly con.
cealed under the bushes near the graves.
did not have long TO wait before ]
heal d the sounds / had been expecting
the trampling of feet near me. Look.
ing up cautiously, | behe,d the sons OF
my host, two very mischievous lads,
carrying a rope and lantern with blue
and white glass. Every thing was plair
to me now. The boys would creep uE
a narrow and deep ditch to the graves.
BY the aid of rope running over
pulley fastened in the trees, they could
run the lantern up and down while con-
cealed in the brush some distance off,
relying on the superstitious fear OF the
others to prevent discovery.
After they had every thing arranged
and had run the lantern up once. l com.
menced saying something in terrify.
ing voice. They dropped every thing
and started through the bush like
frightened sheep. l fired a few shots.
gave a blood-curdling yell, and quietly
slipped back to the house. Next MORN
ing the excitement was terrible to wit
ness, My hosts house, being the
nearest, was crowded with men wear
ing an awed expression, as if they ex-
pected dire calamity. After hearing
the various conjectures and sugges-
tions. arose and told my story. My
statements were borne out by finding
the rope and lantern. Nothing but
their extreme youthfulness saved the
perpetrators from something worse
than the gentle caresses of a hickory
switch. left the next day, but I'll
warrant at was the last of the ghost
of ..Horse-Thief Grove. - Omaha Bee.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

THE aggregate increase to the Naval
Appropriation bill by the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations is between
twenty-one and twenty-five million
dollars, but inasmuch as the largest ex-
penditures cover period of five years,
it is estimated the additional appropria-
ton for the fiscal year will not exceed
six million dollars, which will raise the
aggregate expenditure for the year to
between thirty-one and thirty-two mil
lion dollars.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
MIsOKI.IANEOua

FIRE in Wymblsh u Crawley's general
store at South Boston, Va, recently, caused
a loss of 800, 600; insurance, 5000.
The public debt statement showed de-
crease during the month Of February
amounting to 81, ,43o,7S2.
DISPATCHES from Sofia say tha> the troops
of the garrison of Slistria revolted and
pronounced against the Bulgarian regency.
A similar revolt was feared at WIddin.
The pnce of gas in Cincinnati has been
reduced by ordinance for the next ten years
om.sl-z1to4sa26 26sper ls0oofsoA
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

The crusade, against gambling,
liquor-selling. and other abuses at agri-
cultural fairs is reaching the few States
and Territories that have not already
been reformed. Efforts are being made
in such sections to secure a law author
izing the State Treasurer to pay the
State bounty to only those agricultural
societies whose officials send in sworn
statement that their fairs have been free
from these abuses - Chicago 1Sass&
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

A SERIES of tests has recently been
made by DR.. Fischer, the well-known
German chemist, showing that in ordi-
nary domestic stoves in use not more
than twenty per cent. of fuel consumed
isreally utilized for warming the rooms,
whereas with stoves burning gas eighty
per cent. and more of the possible ef-
fects is obtained.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

In the Assembly at Trenton, N. j..
the day after the Senatorial struggle,
Rev. Mr.. Hutchinson prayed that the
angry scenes of the previous night
would not be repeated, and that the
members would repent of their evil
yuovc
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

GENERAL DAVID HUNTERS widow,
Maria l. Kinzie Hunter, recently died
at Washington. Her father was John
Kinzie, a noted Indian trader, and her
sister was the first white child born
where Chicago now stands. She her.
self was born there three years later, in
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

1HE first steamer which has made
TIE passage of the whole length of the
Suez Canal by aid of the electric light,
has just accomplished the trip, and
took only fifteen hours to do it
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

MARTIN F. upper, of "proverbial
philosophy" fame, is so broken down in
health that he can neither read, write
nor speak intelligibly. He is nearly
seventy-seven years of age.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

AN English company has bought the
casino and famous grotto of Napoleon
L. in Corsica, and will establish a win
ter station casino, hotel and villas on
the spot.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

The British Governments preparing
a bill to amend the Limited Liability
act so as to prevent the promotion OF
bogus enterprises.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
The Catholic Church and the Knights
of Labor.

NEW York, March 4-The Hsratd's Rome
dispatch gives the full text of the report
to the Pope by Mgr. Straniero, the papal
ablegate who lately visited America. The
report is in harmony with the views ex-
pressed by the American Archbishops to
the Pope concerning the Knights Of La
Dor. II holds that that organization,
which, 1t says, is composed of about a
million workingmen, half Of whom are
Catholics, is not a secret society, and has
no political or religious bias, but its OBJ
ject is simply to protect labor from in
justice by employers The report
speaks Of Henry George as
"over-enthusiastic," and considers his
views impracticable,' but does not co n
denim them, nor blame him for the i'm
moderate ideas Of some of his followers.
1t severely blames Dr.. McGlynn, how
ever, for departing from the usual Gus
tom of the clergy and for insolsnce 10
Archbishop Corrigan. .H
1t concludes by saving that, owing to
the excitement over the McGlynn matter,
and to avoid further complications, the
Archb shop Is organizing, with Mayor
Kelly, q Catholic society, guided by the
doctrines of ths church, to prevent dan
gerous doctrines from gaining a further
foothold, aud from doing harm bo the
well l-baiag and 1sOnahV q s0ssey.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

EVER since her proxy marriage Nina
Van Zandt has been a aconstant receiver
of letters threatening to Kill, to poison
and to annihilate her by all possible
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

The Queen of Spain has signed a
decree making twenty per cent. re-
duction in the export duties of sugar
and tobacco shipped from Cuba.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
He was praising her beautiful hair.

He was praising her beautiful hair.
and begging for one tiny url. when her
little brother said: "Oh my! faint
nothin' new; you just ought to have
seen how long it hangs down when she
aangs it on the side of the table to
,omb it" Then they laughed. and she
,alled her brother a cute little angel.
and when the young man was going
AWAY and heard that boy yelling ne
;horght the Lad was taken dangerously
u.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

ERAsTUs CORNING and his family
were at Cannes at the time of the earth
quake.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

Mrs. KATE CHASE SPRAGUE is writ
ing life OF her father, the late Chief
Justice Chase.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-14
IGM cAR III ~ nNrNN.

DICHMOND AND ALLEGHANK
IN RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE or TRAINS ~ EFFECT
JILI p i.s1.
TWO DAILY TRAINS tEAtEl'r SUNDAY
BETwfEN
RICHMOND AND llNCHBl kG.
Through Accom- Nifii
Mail. notation. lXrre-A
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-14
ON TRIAL FOR BIGAMY.
A Case I'm which the Edmunds Lam
played q Part.
INYashinCtOn Post

Richard Rollins, a short, thick-set,
light-colored darby, with his head
growing directly out of his shoulders,
without any perceptible neck, was in
the Criminal Court yesterday con-
fronted by two colored women, each of
whom claimed to he his wife. Rollins
was accused of bigamy in having mar
ried Maria Scott in Richmond, Va,
September 20, 1878, and while she was
still living marrying Lizzie Stew
art in this city March II, 1887.
The second marriage was proved
beyond question, but when Assistant
District-Attorney Lipscomb offered the
testimony of the first wife under the
Edmunds law. Mr.. Hewlett, the coun-
sci for the defence, objected on the
ground that the Edmunds law provided
that the lawful wife could only testify
against her husband in a bigamy or
polygamy case with the consent OF her
husband. Judge Montgomery ruled
that she might testifyif she was willing,
but that the Court could only compel
her to testify unwillingly with the con-
sent Of her husband. The witness then
proceeded to describe the marriage cere-
mony performed in Richmond in 1873.
The case viii be concluded this morn
inn